if you ever find yourself in a c-17, you will if you deploy, make sure you grab a sideseat, not any in the middle. The side has lots of leg room and the middle is extremely cramped, especially if you have to wear plates

Yeah. That does sound crappy. I know a colonel who is being sent to Alamogordo to oversee the Drone/Raptor program there. From what I can tell, it's in the middle of nowhere, and the Raptors have about no real use at the moment.